SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 - 2024 SLIP, The Lobby Gallery at 860 Washington Street, New York, NY
2021 Current, Arts Brookfield, large scale mural project. curated by Tom Kotik One New York Plaza, NY, NY
2019 Catch and Release, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2016 A Delicate Balance, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Behind the Sun: New Paintings, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Vortical, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Nature Games, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Antiphony, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 On Becoming, The Phatory, New York
2004 Supersplat, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Liquid Landscapes: works from the Perfume River series, Islip Art Museum, Collections Gallery, East Islip, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 A Legacy of Making, 21 Contemporary Italian American Artists, Connecticut College, curated by Joanne Mattera
Winterexpositie, group show at Galerie JoLi, The Netherlands
2023 Let”s See, Galerie JoLi, and Art The Hague Fair, The Netherlands
A Legacy of Making, 21 Contemporary Italian American Artists, John D. Calandra Institute, New York, NY
Radiate, Garvey l Simon, New York, NY
2022 XX: Twenty Year Anniversary Exhibition, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Slow Motions, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
Among Friends, Equity Gallery LES, New York, NY
2021 Magic, Metaphor Projects Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
2020 Marigold, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Unfolding Dialogue: Four Voices, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2019 Seeing it Through, Cedar Crest College, Allentown PA
Circles and Squares, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY
2017 Brushless, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Colorforms, works by Jaena Kwon & Carolanna Parlato, Amy Simon Fine Art
New Gallery, New Work, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Festivus, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Twofold, The Gallery at Industry City, Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY curator: Cecile Chong
2014 Sideshow Nation, Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Pour, Asya Geisberg Gallery and Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
Pour, Florida Atlantic University, curators: Elisabeth Condon and Carol
Prusa with an illustrated catalog with an essay by Stephen Maine, Boca Raton, Florida
Walk on the Wild Side, Works by Parlato and Laurel Sparx, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
Holiday Delights, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Art In Embassies Program, US Department of State, Guatemala City
Surfacing, works by Parlato and Alyse Rosner, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
30: Brooklyn Salon exhibition BRIC Contemporary Art, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Kuf-Mold, A-Lokalite Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Continuum, Amy Simon Fine Arts, Westport, CT
Precious, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Material Color, Hunterdon Art Museum, curator Mary Birmingham, Clinton, NJ
Conversations in Paint, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery at the Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
Kuf-Mold, Jan Colle Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Kuf_Mold, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey Curator: Suzan Batu
Everything But ..., Randolph-Macon College Gallery, Ashland, Virginia
Pillow Talk, Ruth Bachofner Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
Soulful, 3 person show, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
Fluid Abstraction, 3 person show Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2006 Mix Masters, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2005 Splat, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
What did Puck Say?, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
Surface Tension, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
2004 Open House: Working in Brooklyn, curator; Charlotta Kotik Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Exhibition, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Annual Benefit, White Box, New York, NY
New Year/New Work, gallery artists, OH+T Gallery, Boston, NY
2003 Stroke, Schroeder/Romero Gallery, New York, NY
Momenta Benefit, White Columns, New York, NY
Summer Color, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Jump, The Painting Center, New York, NY
25th Anniversary Selections Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Tilt, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
Spill, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY
Travel to Library of Congress, Washington, DC and Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Annual Benefit, White Box, New York, NY
2001 Collection Insights: Recent Acquisitions, curated by Janet Goleas Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Minimal to Excess, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Summer Exhibition, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA
Fusion: Collaborative Drawing, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Fluid Flow, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY
An Interactive Drawing Collage on the Theme of Place, organized by Adelheid Mers, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Eye Candy, traveling show:
location 1 -Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, Cal State University, San Bernardino, CA
location 2 -Grand Central Art Center, Cal State University, Santa Ana, CA curator: Sue Joyce
Abstract Works on Paper, Jay Grimm Gallery, New York, NY
Out of Y2K, Im n IL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Skin Tight, The Workspace, New York, NY
Size Matters, Neoimages and Gale Gates et al, Brooklyn, NY
Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York, NY
Three Painters, LA.NY.LA., Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
1998 Little, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY
Fashioned, White Box, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA
Unnatural Selection, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
1997 New York Drawers, works on paper from the Pierogi 2000 flat file,
Gasworks Gallery, London, UK and Corner House Gallery, Manchester, UK
Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, works on paper from the
Pierogi flat file, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Surface and Shadow, Abstraction Revisited, Islip Art Museum, NY
Affirm Identity, Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Surface, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Sizzle, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY
Obsessions, curator: Janet Riker, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Cool, The Lobby Gallery, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
1996 Range of Effect, Wake Forrest University Art Gallery, curator: Paige Loughlin, Winston Salem, NC
Living With It, Paul Lembersky, New York, NY
1995 Under Glass, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
“Oooze”, Black and Herron Space, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020. Akers, Tory. “The New Abstraction: 8 Artists to start collecting now” Artspace, February 7
2019. Mcglynn, Tom. “Carolanna Parlato’s sporting informe” Two Coats of Paint, December 6
https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2019/12/carolanna-parlatos-sporting-informe.html
Hutchinson, Cori. ‘The Floatable Formations of Carolanna Parlato” White Hot Magazine December 13
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2016 McGlynn, Tom. "Carolanna Parlato: A Delicate Balance," The Brooklyn Rail, February web exclusive
Butler, Sharon "Sweet direction for Carolanna Parlato," Two Coats of Paint, February 10
Panero, James "Gallery Chronicle", The New Criterion, February
Halasz, Piri "Appealing Duo: Parlato & Walker at Elizabeth Harris", From the Mayor's Doorstep, January 10
2013 Einspruch, Franklin, Oil as Water: Pour at Lesley Heller and Asya Geisberg, Artcritical, September 19
Haber, John, Pour It On, June
Frank, Peter, Haiku Reviews, July 13
2012 Halasz, Piri, Carolanna Parlato, From the Mayor’s Doorstep
Acha, Beverly, Bringing the Hand Back into Play: Carolanna Parlato at Elizabeth Harris, Artcritical
Nichols, Matthew Guy, “Behind the Sun,” New paintings from Carolanna Parlato, exhibition catalog. Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
2010 Landi, Ann, “Carolanna Parlato at Elizabeth Harris,” ARTnews, April
Panero, James, Gallery Chronicle, The New Criterion, March
Kotik, Charlotta, “Vorticality in Motion,” exhibition catalog, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Birmingham, Mary, “Material Color,” exhibition catalog, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2008 Maine, Stephen, “Call-and-Response”, The New York Sun, January 17
Mattera, Joanna, “Carolanna Parlato at Elizabeth Harris Gallery”,
Joanna Mattera Art Blog, March 01
2006 Nichols, Matthew Guy, “Carolanna Parlato at the Phatory”, Art in America, May
Cohen, David, “Prada Boxes & Motherboards - Zucker, Isensee and Parlato at the Phatory”, The New York Sun, January 26
2004 McQuaid, Cate, “Finding Fascination in Blots, Splats, Bubbles and Shimmer:Jazzy Supersplat”, The Boston Globe, May 14
Cohen, David, “Open House at the Brooklyn Museum .” The New York Sun, April 22 and at artcritical.com
The Brooklyn Museum, “Open” exhibition catalog
Kalm, James, “A Boom Grows in Brooklyn” The Brooklyn Rail, July
Row, DK, “Shows of Note: Surface Tension” Oregonian, Dec
2003 McQuaid, Cate, “Galleries” The Boston Globe, Jan. 17
Cohen, David, “Summer Color.” The New York Sun, July 3
Seidel, Miriam, “ New York Abstracts Energetic with Color”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12
2002 Johnson, Ken, “Jump”, The New York Times
Lombardi, D. Dominick, “Spill.” The New York Times, July 7
McQuaid, Cate. “Critics’ Picks: Carolanna Parlato Vivid.” The Boston Globe, April 5
“Vivid.” South End News, April 18
Kaplan, Renee. “The South End’s Surprising New Warehouse Chic”
Harvard Law School Record, April 11
2001 New American Paintings, Book XXXII . Boston, Massachusetts: The Open Studios Press, 2001, pp 130-133
Schwabsky, Barry, “Desire and Danger.” Essay for catalog: Carolanna Parlato: Perfune River Series. New York
2000 Johnson, Ken, “Fluid Flow.” The New York Times, August 11
Joyce, Susan. Eye Candy - West and East Coast Contemporary Women Painters (exhibition catalog), CA California State University, San Bernardino/Grand Central Press, 2000. Pp. 28 - 29
Kalm, James. “Carolanna Parlato, Perfume River @ Cheryl Pelavin.”
NY ARTS: International Edition. v. 5, no.3 (March 2000), pp. 92-95
Photo reproduction of Perfume River III featured in “The Art Guide.”
New York Magazine, August 14 p. 83
1998 Dalton, Jennifer. “Fashioned.” REVIEW , September 15
Arning, Bill. Fashioned, (exh. cat.) White Box, New York
Schwabsky, Barry. “Abstract Painting, Though Not Entirely.”
The New York Times, October 25
Scott, Sue. “Carolanna Parlato: Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art.”
COVER MAGAZINE. V. 12, no. 3, (May)
McGlynn, Tom. Unnatural Selection: The Transformation of Nature in
Abstraction, (exh. cat.). New Jersey: Raritan Valley College, NJ
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
New York Presbyterian Hospital at Methodist, Brooklyn, New York
Capitol Group
ArtBank Collection, US Dept. of State, Washington, DC
Francis Greenburger Collection
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Percent for Art Program, DCA, New York, NY
Pfizer Inc., NY, NY
Princess Cruise Line, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Public Art for Public Schools, New York, NY
EDUCATION
MFA San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA Painting and Printmaking
BS College of Mt. St Vincent, Riverdale, NY